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and their glass: how they carry their bags of coal 

 through the deep snow, and how, early in the 

 morning and late at eventide, they rob themselves 

 of rest for the Rose. 



I rejoice to see and hear. I have always believed 

 that the happiness of mankind may be increased 

 by encouraging that love of a garden, that love of 

 the beautiful, which is innate in us all. Get a man 

 out of the dram and beer shops into the fresh pure 

 air, interest him in the marvellous works of his 

 God, instead of in the deformities of vice, give him 

 an occupation which will add to his health and 

 the comforts of his family, instead of destroying 

 both, then build Revealed upon Natural Religion, 

 and hope to see him a Christian. 



In one of the most genial and gratifying notices 

 with which this book has been favoured, the Satur- 

 day Reviewer gladdened my heart, confirmed my 

 belief, and stimulated my endeavours, by endorsing 

 these my views on the subject. From this love of 

 flowers, he writes, ' may be learned the road, diffi- 

 cult to find in these days, to the inner heart of the 

 lower classes — the key to tastes, dearer to them 

 than beer-swilling — the secret, which, if rightly 

 applied by those who bear spiritual rule over the 

 working-man, may do much directly to civilise, and 

 indirectly to Christianise him.' 



